Neck-yoke strap



(No Model?) G. H LYNDS.

NECK YOKE STRAP.

No. 327,958. Patented Oct. 6, 1885 WITNESSES INVENTOR Wm 26. 4/ gifiW mfg ATTORNEYS.

now proceed to describe.

"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. LYNDS, OF STERLING, KANSAS.

NECK-YOKE STRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,958, dated October 6, 1885.

Application filed February 10, 1885. Serial No. 155,498. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. LYNDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sterling, in the county of Rice and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful I111- provements in Neck-Yoke Straps, of which the following is a description.

Owing to the severe strain to which the leather straps or loops that connect neck-yokes with the poles of wagons or carriages are subjected they soon wear out or break transversely, thus necessitating the expense and trouble of frequent renewal, and often leading to serious accidents from dropping of the pole. It is the object of my invention to prevent these results, and to this end I provide neckyoke straps with a metal fastening which is so arranged as to encircle both the yoke and pole; but is, however, concealed within the body of the strap, so that the latter presents no unusual appearance.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view, with part broken away, of a strap embodying my invention and applied to a neck-yoke as required for use. Fig. 2 is a vertical central cross-section.

Theyoke-strap proper, A,has the usual form, and is composed of two layers of leather, a a, that are stitched together around the outer edge, and also the edge of the opening in the usual manner.

My improvement consists in the metallic fastening B applied to such strap, as I will The fastening proper is composed of strong annealed or duly flexible wire (I, which is wound in several layers, and for the most part lies between the inner and outer portions, (1 a, of the strap A that is to say, the said wire is laid in parallel strands around the eye or opening 0 for the pole, and over the yoke or pole-bar C, so that it has substantially the general form of the strap proper. In order to provide due space for the wire where it is doubled on the lower side of the opening 0, a portion of the inner layer,-a, is cutout, as best shown in Fig. 2; and in order to prevent the wire cutting into the piece a, as it would otherwise soon do in consequence of the severe tensile strain which it endures in use, I provide a metal protector, c, which is made of sheet metal in semi-annular form, and has parallel flanges projecting downward, so as to confine the wire between them. A metal protector or bushing may also be applied beneath the wire and over that portion of the inner strap layer, a, which passes around the neck-yoke G, for the purpose of preventing the wire from rapidly cutting or wearing into the strap; but in general this expedient will be unneceseary.

It is apparent that a neck-yoke strap thus constructed is not only very durable, but possesses such strength as to remove danger of accident from parting under the severest strain to which it may be subjected in use and, further, that this is attained without appreciably increasing the usualbulk or size of the strap, and with but slight addition to its usual cost of manufacture.

It is obvious that good results may be attained by substituting rawhide or other strong material for the wire fastening, and hence I do not restrict myself to the latter.

What I claim is The neck-yoke strap A, having the fastening B, composed of a layer of wire which is arranged as shown, and extends around the neck-yoke and pole-openings, as specified.

GEORGE FL LYN DS.

Witnesses:

ANsEL R. CLARK, B. H. SEELEY. 

